Syllabus
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Course Code: M-Z 104 Course Name: Biology of Invertebrates |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1.0 Introduction to invertebrates with their general characters, Basic body plan, Concept of Invertebrata v/s Vertebrata and Non-Chordata v/s Chordata 2.0 Organization of coelom 2.1 Concept and structure of Acoelomate, Pseudocoelomates and Coelomates. 2.2 Protostomia and Deuterostomia 2.3 Metamerism in Annelida, Pseudometamerism. 3.0 Minor Phyla: 3.1 Concept and significance 3.2 Organization and general characters of Acoelomate, Pseudocoelomates and Coelomates minor phyla (with special emphasis on Ctenophora, Rotifera, Endoprocta, Ectoprocta, Phoronida, Sipunculida and Echiuroidea). |
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| 2 | 4.0 Locomotion 4.1 Flagella and ciliary movement in Protozoa 4.2 Hydrostatic movement in Coelenterata, Annelida and Echinodermata 5.0 Nutrition and Digestion 5.1 Patterns of feeding and digestion in lower metazoa 5.2 Filter-feeding in Polychaeta, Mollusca and Echinodermata 6.0 Respiration 6.1 Organs of respiration : Gills, lungs, trachea,skin,Cloacal chamber, Buccopharyangeal area etc. 6.2 Respiratory pigments 6.3 Mechanism of respiration |
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| 3 | 7.0 Excretion 7.1 Organs of excretion: Coelom, coelomoducts, Nephridia and Malpighian tubules. 7.2 Mechanism of excretion and osmoregulation 8.0 Nervous system 8.1 Primitive nervous system: Coelenterata and Echinodermata 8.2 Advanced nervous system: Annelida, Arthropoda (Crustacea and Insecta) and Mollusca (Cephalopoda). 8.3 Trends in neural evolution. 9.0 Social life in insects, Social life in Isoptera and Hymenoptera |
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| 4 | 10.0 Invertebrate larvae 10.1 Larval forms of free living invertebrates 10.2 Strategies and Evolutionary significance of larval forms 10.3 Conservation of invertebrates. 11.0 Introduction to insects 11.1 Mouthparts of Insects 11.2 Mechanism of insect flight and hovering 11.3 Metamorphosis in insects 11.4 Hormonal control of moulting. 12.0 Economic importance of Invertebrates; Various Adaptations in Invertebrates |
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